Release Notes for Buildbot ``0.9.0rc1`` ======================================== The following are the release notes for Buildbot ``0.9.0rc1``. See :ref:`Upgrading to Nine` for a guide to upgrading from 0.8.x to 0.9.x Master ------ Features ~~~~~~~~ * new :bb:reporter:`HipchatStatusPush` to report build results to Hipchat. * new steps for Visual Studio 2015 (VS2015, VC14, and MsBuild14). * The :bb:step:`P4` step now obfuscates the password in status logs. * Added support for specifying the depth of a shallow clone in :bb:step:`Git`. * :bb:worker:`OpenStackLatentWorker` now uses a single novaclient instance to not require re-authentication when starting or stopping instances. * The ``dist`` parameter in :bb:step:`RpmBuild` is now renderable. * new :bb:reporter:`BitbucketStatusPush` to report build results to a Bitbucket Cloud repository. Fixes ~~~~~ * :bb:reporter:`GerritStatusPush` now includes build properties in the ``startCB`` and ``reviewCB`` functions. ``startCB`` now must return a dictionary. * Fix TypeError exception with :py:class:`~buildbot.changes.HgPoller` if ``usetimestamps=False`` is used (:bug:`3562`) * Fix recovery upon master unclean kill or crash (:bug:`3564`) * sqlite access is serialized in order to improve stability (:bug:`3565`) * Docker latent worker has been fixed (:bug:`3571`) Changes for Developers ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Features ~~~~~~~~ Fixes ~~~~~ Deprecations, Removals, and Non-Compatible Changes ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * Support for python 2.6 was dropped from the master. * ``public_html`` directory is not created anymore in ``buildbot create-master`` (it's not used for some time already). Documentation was updated with suggestions to use third party web server for serving static file. * ``usePTY`` default value has been changed from ``slave-config`` to ``None`` (use of ``slave-config`` will still work). * ``GithubStatusPush`` reporter was renamed to :bb:reporter:`GitHubStatusPush`. Worker ------ Deprecations, Removals, and Non-Compatible Changes ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * The ``buildbot-slave`` package has finished being renamed to ``buildbot-worker``. Worker ------ Fixes ~~~~~ * ``runGlob()`` uses the correct remote protocol for both :py:class:`~buildbot.process.buildstep.CommandMixin` and :py:class:`~buildbot.steps.worker.ComposititeStepMixin`. * Rename ``glob()`` to ``runGlob()`` in :py:class:`~buildbot.process.buildstep.CommandMixin` Changes for Developers ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * EC2 Latent Worker upgraded from ``boto2`` to ``boto3``. Deprecations, Removals, and Non-Compatible Changes ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * Worker commands version bumped to 3.0. * Master/worker protocol has been changed: * ``slave_commands`` key in worker information was renamed to ``worker_commands``. * ``getSlaveInfo`` remote method was renamed to ``getWorkerInfo``. * ``slave-config`` value of ``usePTY`` is not supported anymore. * ``slavesrc`` command argument was renamed to ``workersrc`` in ``uploadFile`` and ``uploadDirectory`` commands. * ``slavedest`` command argument was renamed to ``workerdest`` in ``downloadFile`` command. * Previously deprecated ``WorkerForBuilder.remote_shutdown()`` remote command has been removed. Details ------- For a more detailed description of the changes made in this version, see the git log itself: .. code-block:: bash git log v0.9.0b9..v0.9.0rc1 Note that Buildbot-0.8.11 was never released.